Today in History
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1991 Race riots break out in the Crown Heights area of New York city
The violent race riots broke out between African-American and Orthodox Jewish residents of Crown He
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1978 A fire at the Rex Cinema in Abadan, Iran, kills over 400 people
The incident which is considered to be a run-up to the Iranian Revolution occurred during the screen
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1964 World’s First Geostationary Satellite is Launched
Syncom 3, a communications satellite was launched from Cape Canaveral in Florida. A geostationary sa
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1960 Sputnik 5 is launched by USSR
The Soviet spacecraft carried two dogs, Strelka and Belka, who became the first living beings to su
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1919 Afghanistan Gains Independence From the United Kingdom
The Central Asian country came under British control in 1859, The country was considered to be a buf
Births On This Day,
August, 19
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1946 Bill Clinton
American politician, 42nd President of the United States
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1942 Fred Thompson
American politician, actor
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1919 Malcolm Forbes
American publisher
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1883 Coco Chanel
French fashion designer, founded the Chanel Company
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1871 Orville Wright
American aviation pioneer
Deaths On This Day,
August, 19
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1994 Linus Pauling
American chemist, activist, Nobel Prize laureate
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1977 Groucho Marx
American comedian, actor
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1936 Federico García Lorca
Spanish poet, playwright, director
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1895 John Wesley Hardin
American outlaw, gunfighter
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14 Augustus
Roman Emperor
